Bluing-package.



No. 836,382.v PATENTED NOV. V2O, 1906.

A. W. HOLWAY.

BLUING PACKAGE.

APPLIoA'moN FILED 3:2125, 1905.

l Z O C v WW fi a c lli/371688681 ALVAH W. HOLWAY, OF BOSTON,

SAWYER CRYSTAL BLUE COMPANY, OF BOSTON,

CORPORATION OF MAINE.

MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO THE MASSACHUSETTS, A

BLUlNG-PACKAGE.

Specification of' Letters Patient.

Patented Nov. 20, 1906.

Application filed September 25, 1905. Serial No, 279.905.

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Be it known that I, ALvAn W. HoLwAY, of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bluing-P ackages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices used for bluing water employed in the washing of clothes, the object of the present invention being to provide a device of this character which will hold the bluing securely against access of any dust whatever while the device is in stock in a store and which will hold the bluing above the bottom of the receptacle which contains it, which receptacle will catch any drip from the bluing and prevent the spreading of such bluing on shelving or elsewhere, and which device will have no projection that is liable to be broken off.

To these ends the invention consists in the device substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

Of the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a vertical section through a device embodying my invention. Fig. 2 represents a side elevation of the cover of the receptacle and the shank or stem, which together constitute the handle of the device, as removed from the receptacle and supplied with bluing wrapped in a bag. Fig. 3 is a sectional view of a modified form hereinafter described.

Similar reference characters indicate similar parts in all the views.

A suitable cylindrical wooden box is indicated at a, said box having a cover b, which snugly fits the top of the box or receptacle. The stem or shank, which, together with the cover b, constitute the handle, by means of which the bluing may be introduced into the water, comprises, in the form shown in Fig. 1, a pin c, which is suitably secured to the cover b, as by glue, so as to project downward therefrom, and a sleeve or spool c', secured to the pin c, as by glue. Preferably the lower edge of the stem or shank, comprising the pin c and spool or-sleeve c is provided with an enlargement or rim or flange c2 to prevent any liability of the separation therefrom of the bag of bluing. The bluing d, in powdered or granular form, is secured to the stem or shank by means of a bag e, tied thereon by* a string or cord f. As shown in Fig. 1, the stem or shank is of such length that the stock of bluing d in the bag e is supported entirely clear of the bottom of the receptacle or box a, thereby preventing the bluing from escaping onto objects which will be soiled thereby, either before the device has been immersed in water or afterward. After the bluing has been immersed in the water the cover b is simply returned to the receptacle a, which can then be stood on end in any convenient place with no possibility of escape of the bluing.

Instead of powdered or granulated bluing I may employ it in a different form. For instance, the pin c maybe made somewhat longer than in Fig. 1 and coated with bluing, as indicated at d in Fig. 3. The method of coating a stick with bluing is well known and need not be further referred to.

While Fig. 3 shows only the cover b in connection with the stem or shank and the bluing carried thereby, it is to be understood that the device shown in said Fig. 3 is to be used in connection with a box such as illustrated in Fig. 1 but such box would of course be of a length so that when the cover is applied to the box the lower end of the coated pin or stem c will be supported out of contact with the bottom of the box.

It will now be understood that the bluing is thoroughly protected by the casing and yet is removable therefrom, resulting in obtaining a quicker dissolution of the bluing in water than would be the case if the bluing were to remain in the casing and the latter were provided with openings. y

Having now described my invention, I claim- 1; A bluing device comprising an imperforate receptacle, an imperforate cover therefor having a stem or shank rigidly connected thereto and depending from its under side, and a supply of bluing carried by said stem within the receptacle, the stem or shank being of a length to support the bluing clear of the bottom of the receptacle, the stem or shank being of a length to enable the cover to be grasped and used as a handle without liability of contact of the bluing-supply with the fingers of the user.

2. A bluing device comprising an imperforate receptacle, an imperforate cover closely fitting one end thereof and having a IOO stem or shank rigidly connected thereto and 1 tact of the bluing-supply With 4the fingers of extending Within the receptacle, said stern l the user.

or shank having an enlarged lower end and In testimony whereof I' have affixed my a filter-bag of bluing secured to said shank signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

with its loWer portion clear of the bottom of ALVAH W. HOLWAY. the receptacle, the stern or shank being of Witnesses:

a length to enable the cover to be grasped l C. F, BROWN,

and used as a handle Without liability of eon- E. BATCHELDER. 

